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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
ASPEN. COLORADO.
APPROVING PROJECTS AND EXPENDITURES TO BE FUNDED WITH
REVENUES DERIVED FROM THE COUNTY-WIDE ONE-HALF CENT
USE TAX FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES
Resolution # 95 -~
RECITALS
1. The City Council of Aspen, Colorado have previously adopted an Intergovernmental
Agreement adopting the Comprehensive Valley Transportation Plan.
2. The previous joint resolutions have identified general elements of the Comprehensive
Valley Transportation Plan which are eligible for funding.
3. The Intergovernmental Agreement specifies that all expenditures and projects to be
funded from the County-wide one-half cent use tax shall be agreed upon by all three parties
and verified by a resolution adopted by each party. The one-half cent use tax is specifically
dedicated to the purchase of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad right-of-way.
4. Pitkin County estimates that, at the low end, remaining 1994 one-half cent use tax
monies are $140,000 and projected 1995 one-half cent use tax revenues will be $200,000,
for a total available revenue base of $340,000.
5. All parties wish to comply with the provisions of the Intergovernmental Agreement
adopted in 1993 concerning the Comprehensive Valley Transportation Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Aspen, Colorado, that
these following projects are approved to be funded through the one-half cent use tax for the
purchase of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Right-of-way as follows:
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Environmental Audit of the Right-of-way
Initial Title Work for the Right-of-way
GoCo Planning Grant Application Local Match
Consultant for Continuing Railroad Negotiations
Actual Purchase Costs, Including Earnest Money
$ 100,000
$ 10,000
$ 10,000
$ 1 5;000
$ 205,000
$ 340,000
TOTAL
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John . Bennett, Mayor
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do
certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of that
Colorado, at a meeting held June 13, 1995.
resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
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